Pakistan to hang Christian for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp images sent by Muslim

Pakistan to hang Christian for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp images sent by Muslim - Catholic Herald

Pakistan to hang Christian for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp images sent by Muslim

A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death after he received cartoons of Mohammad, the founder of Islam, in a WhatsApp chat message to his phone. Nouman Asghar, 24, of Bahawalpur in Punjab, was convicted of blasphemy under 295-c of the country’s Penal Code, which carries the death penalty. According to Fides news … Continue reading Pakistan to hang Christian for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp images sent by Muslim

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